SkyTeam members offer amended antitrust application

Members of SkyTeam, facing opposition to their application for antitrust immunity from the US Dept. of Justice (ATWOnline, Aug. 23), quietly offered to amend the application to address DOJ concerns that the requested immunity would reduce competition in nontransatlantic international markets and on US domestic routes.
The carriers--Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alitalia, KLM, Air France and Czech Airlines--initially sought immunity to coordinate their worldwide operations excluding ...